The Jets showed interest in Hoyer, but he decided to sign with San Francisco and new head coach Kyle Shanahan, whom he previously worked with in Cleveland. The Jets were monitoring the Taylor situation in Buffalo. The Bills had a $27.5 million option to pick up by Saturday if the two sides did not agree to a new deal. There was a belief the team would cut him, but he now will remain with the Bills.

Top free agent Mike Glennon remains on the market … for now. The belief around the league is the Bears will end up signing the former Buccaneers backup. Teams can begin signing players at 4 p.m on Thursday. The past two days they have been able to negotiate with the agents for players.

The top free-agent quarterbacks left are Colin Kaepernick, Matt Barkley and Josh McCown. The Bears are expected to cut Jay Cutler once they sign Glennon.

Cutler probably won’t want to go to a rebuilding situation like the Jets, even if they were interested. McCown looks like he is going to the Cowboys to back up Dak Prescott. Kaepernick is intriguing, but does anyone think Jets owner Woody Johnson, who is expected to be named the ambassador to the United Kingdom, is going to sign off on Kaepernick and his political views? Barkley is not an upgrade over what the Jets have.

Then, there is Geno Smith, who will become a free agent on Thursday. It seemed as if Smith and the Jets were ready to part ways by the end of last year, but what if they are each other’s best options? The Jets may look around and feel Smith is the best quarterback left on the market. Smith may find teams are reluctant to sign him coming off ACL surgery. The Jets probably give him his best chance to start. He could compete when he is healthy with Bryce Petty and Christian Hackenberg for the starting job.

This could cause groans from Jets fans, but so should these other options.

His release still could affect the Jets, though. The favorites to land him are the Broncos and Texans. Wherever he signs, that will leave an odd man out whom the Jets might pounce on. Denver could dump Trevor Siemian, who played well for them last year. In Houston, Tom Savage could be cut loose. Those options might be intriguing for the Jets.